Tramlink Nottingham confirm losses of over £20 million

Posted on Wednesday 29 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

In their account deposited at Companies House shortly before Christmas Tramlink Nottingham, operators of Nottingham Express Transit, have confirmed that they made a loss of £21.4 million in the 12 months to 31st March 2021. In figures which are likely to be repeated elsewhere within the UK after the significant fall in passenger numbers caused by the long-running pandemic there was a 23.4% fall in underlying operational turnover which although offset partly by the Department for Transport grants still led to a significant loss.

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15 Years Apart: Leeds 180

Posted on Wednesday 29 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its another trip to Crich for today’s “15 Years Apart” with another of the operational Leeds cars being featured.

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Out and About: Just a trip along Blackpool Prom

Posted on Tuesday 28 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another “Out and About” and in this latest relatively topical photo series we take a trip on Blackpool Prom.

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They Ran in 2021: Blackpool Balloon 717

Posted on Tuesday 28 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Today’s “They Ran in 2021” is off to the Blackpool Tramway for another photo showing a tram which operated in passenger service over the past year.

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Another TravelSafe operation sees Andy Burnham visit officers

Posted on Tuesday 28 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

The latest TravelSafe Partnership (TSP) operation took place at Victoria Station on Friday 17th December with officers also visited by Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham so he could see how they are helping keep people safe on the Metrolink network.

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15 Years Apart: Stagecoach Supertram 112

Posted on Tuesday 28 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

This edition of “15 Years Apart” has another modern tram as the focus as we once more head to South Yorkshire for a view of one of the Siemens-Duewag built trams which operate on Supertram.

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Out and About: A quick view at Balgreen in Edinburgh

Posted on Monday 27 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” today is in Scotland as we take a look at one of the stops along the tramway out towards the Airport – Balgreen.

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They Ran in 2021: Amsterdam 474 & Blackpool 159

Posted on Monday 27 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Its two for the price of one in today’s edition of “They Ran in 2021”! We take a trip to the East Anglia Transport Museum.

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Merry Hill utility upgrade work to get underway in new year

Posted on Monday 27 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Work to uncover and upgrade utilities close to Merry Hill in preparation for the constriction of the West Midlands Metro extension from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill is set to get underway early in 2022. The work will be close to the Merry Hill Shopping Centre with preliminary work on The Embankment, Brierley Hill the first to be affected from Monday 17th January 2022.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Toastrack 166

Posted on Monday 27 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

We’re back with another instalment of “15 Years Apart” today as we take another look at a tram in the national collection at the Crich Tramway Village.

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Out and About: On Nottingham Express Transit in December

Posted on Sunday 26 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “Out and About” the photos comes from Nottingham Express Transit as we take a look at some of the adverts currently being carried on the trams – both the sole full vinyl wrap as well as a couple of the more standard external advertising.

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They Ran in 2021: Seaton 12

Posted on Sunday 26 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

We go inside for this latest edition of “They Ran in 2021”. Its another tram from the Seaton Tramway which is the focus of this article.

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15 Years Apart: Nottingham Express Transit 202

Posted on Sunday 26 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Today we have another edition of “15 Years Apart” and we return to feature another tram on a modern system.

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Out and About: Single-line working in Blackpool

Posted on Saturday 25 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Our third and final photographic article for you on Christmas Day is “Out and About” and we are out on Blackpool Prom where we see some single-line working in operation because of welding work at North Pier back at the start of the month.

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They Ran in 2021: Chesterfield 7

Posted on Saturday 25 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Christmas Day continues and as you wait for the Queen’s speech we have another of our photo series for you – “They Ran in 2021” and as with our article this morning its back to the Crich Tramway Village.

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15 Years Apart: London County Council 106

Posted on Saturday 25 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Happy Christmas! It may be Christmas Day and you may still be opening your presents but we have an additional gift for you on British Trams Online as our series “15 Years Apart” continues and in this edition we are back at the Crich Tramway Village.

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Out and About: Christmas in Manchester City Centre

Posted on Friday 24 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this edition of “Out and About” we get all festive as we take a look at trams running in Manchester City Centre with a very large Father Christmas overlooking things!

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They Ran in 2021: Blackpool Boat 600

Posted on Friday 24 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

In this latest edition of “They Ran in 2021” we are off to the seaside as we feature another tram on the Blackpool Tramway.

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More funding to be made available for Edinburgh Trams Inquiry

Posted on Friday 24 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

Will it ever end? That’s the question being asked of the Edinburgh Trams Inquiry after it was announced that an additional £500,000 is being made available as part of the Scottish Budget brining potential costs up to £12.5 million. The far reaching inquiry – which was due to reach its conclusions quickly to help inform decisions for any future extensions was first announced in 2014 and it has now been three and a half years since the public hearings came to an end. And yet there still seems to be no signs of it ending.

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15 Years Apart: Blackpool Balloon 723

Posted on Friday 24 December 2021 by Gareth Prior

This edition of “15 Years Apart” is taking a look at another tram in Blackpool.

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